The Dismemberment Plan.

Bands come and go. I saw Moxy Früvous 28 times between 1997 and 2000, but I don't think about them much. I really get gone on Boards of Canada. I had to decide between the Dead Milkmen and Death From Above 1979 at a multi-stage event, but I had been waiting to see the former since 1988 but saw the latter already. I saw Soul Coughing 5 times, thrice in New York City (where they always did a much better show), and I saw Type O Negative four times.

I'll play "Sorrow, Tears and Blood" by Fela Kuti on loop until you shoot me. I've done the same with "Double Fucked by Two Black Studs" by King Missile. The Diabolical Biz Markie is a singular moment of rap and Borscht Belt comedy by the greatest mouth outta Queens.

...but sometimes something reaches me.

I found the song "The Ice of Boston" by the Plan the week they broke up. My meticulous iPod tracking says I've played that song 138 times in the last decade. I didn't think a song could mean so many things to me so many times in my life when I found it long after college (and four years doing college radio). Even my wife will scream "aw Gladys girl, I love ya but oh! get a life!"

I finally saw them live at the Paradise in Boston in 2011. I didn't know they opened the stage to the crowd for this song. I hadn't realized it was every Planner's theme song. It felt amazing to see what I didn't think I would.

It was also to date the most I ever paid for a show -- $206 for two tickets. I was actually giving a giant donation to the Somerville Homeless Coalition as part of some strange scheme my friend concocted to get us in the show. WORTH. EVERY. CENT.

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